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# Skandapurana 6.3.20

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
śrutā me vividhā dharmāḥ saṃhārāstvatprasādataḥ .  
kṛtā devena sarveṇa ye ca dṛṣṭāstvayānagha .. 20.1 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / By your grace I have heard of the diverse duties and the dissolutions / brought about by the god Śarva, and whatever was witnessed by you, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.2)

sāmprataṃ śrotumicchāmi prabhāvaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ .  
tvayānubhūtaṃ viprendra tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi .. 20.2 ..

> Now I wish to hear of the majesty of the wielder of the horn-bow (Śārṅgadhanvan) / that was experienced by you, O foremost of brahmins; you should tell me that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.3)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prajāsaṃhāralakṣaṇam .  
yaccihnaṃ dṛśyate tatra yathā kalpo vidhīyate .. 20.3 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall declare the characteristics of the destruction of living beings, / whatever sign is seen there, and how the kalpa is arranged.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.4)

ulkāpātāḥ sanirghātā bhūmikampastathaiva ca .  
patate pāṃśuvarṣaṃ ca nirghoṣaścaiva dāruṇaḥ .. 20.4 ..

> There are falls of meteors accompanied by thunderbolts, as well as an earthquake; / a shower of dust falls, along with a dreadful roar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.5)

yakṣakinnaragandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ .  
sarve te pralayaṃ yānti yugānte samupasthite .. 20.5 ..

> Yakṣas, kinnaras, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents, and rākṣasas— / all of them go to dissolution when the end of the yuga has arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.6)

parvatāḥ sāgarā nadyaḥ sarāṃsi vividhāni ca .  
vṛkṣāḥ śeṣaṃ samāyānti vallījātaṃ tṛṇāni ca .. 20.6 ..

> Mountains, oceans, rivers, and various lakes, / trees, species of creepers, and grasses reach their end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.7)

evaṃ hi vyākulībhūte sarvauṣadhijalojjhite .  
kāṣṭhabhūte tu saṃjāte trailokye sacarācare .. 20.7 ..

> When the three worlds, both moving and unmoving, have thus become distraught, / devoid of all medicinal herbs and water, and turned into dry timber,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.8)

yāvatpaśyāmi madhyāhne snānakāla upasthite .  
trailokyaṃ jvalanākāraṃ durnirīkṣaṃ durāsadam .. 20.8 ..

> as I looked at midday when the time for ritual ablution arrived, / the three worlds appeared like blazing fire, difficult to behold and unapproachable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.9)

dvau sūryau pūrvatastāta paścimottarayostathā .  
tathaiva dakṣiṇe dvau ca sūryau dṛṣṭau pratāpinau .. 20.9 ..

> Two suns were in the east, O dear one, and two in the west and north; / likewise in the south two blazing suns were seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.10)

dvau sūryau nāgalokasthau madhye dvau gaganasya ca .  
ityete dvādaśādityāstapante sarvato diśam .. 20.10 ..

> Two suns stood in the realm of serpents, and two in the middle of the sky; / thus these twelve suns burned every direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.11)

pṛthivīmadahansarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām .  
nādagdhaṃ dṛśyate kiṃcidṛte revāṃ ca māṃ tathā .. 20.11 ..

> They burned the whole earth, along with its mountains, forests, and groves; / nothing was seen unburnt except the Revā and myself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.12)

pṛthivyāṃ dahyamānāyāṃ havirgandhaśca jāyate .  
tato me śuṣyate gātraṃ tṛṣāpyevaṃ durāsadā .. 20.12 ..

> As the earth was being burned, an odor of sacrificial offerings arose; / then my limbs became parched, and severe thirst overcame me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.13)

na hi vindāmi pānīyaṃ śoṣitaṃ ca divākaraiḥ .  
yāvatkamaṇḍaluṃ vīkṣe śuṣkaṃ tatrāpi tajjalam .. 20.13 ..

> For I could find no drinking water, dried up as it was by the suns; / when I looked at my water-pot, even the water there was dry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.14)

tato'haṃ śokasaṃtapto viśeṣātkṣuttṛṣārditaḥ .  
utpapāta kṣiterūrdhvaṃ paśyamāno divaṃ prati .. 20.14 ..

> Then, tormented by grief and especially afflicted by hunger and thirst, / I flew upward from the earth, looking toward the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.15)

tāvatpaśyāmi gagane gṛhaṃ śṛṅgārabhūṣitam .  
tatastajjñātukāmo'haṃ prasthito rājasattama .. 20.15 ..

> Presently I saw in the sky a palace adorned with erotic elegance; / then, wishing to know it, I set out, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.16)

prākāreṇa vicitreṇa kapāṭārgalabhūṣitam .  
vicitraśikharopetaṃ dvāradeśamupāgataḥ .. 20.16 ..

> Adorned with doors and bolts, with a wonderful enclosure wall / and possessing splendid spires, I reached the entrance area.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.17)

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ samucchraye .  
tadardhaṃ tu pṛthaktvena kāñcanaṃ ratnabhūṣitam .. 20.17 ..

> Eighty-six thousand yojanas in height, / and half of that in width, it was made of gold and adorned with jewels.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.18)

tatra madhye parāṃ śayyāṃ paśyāmi nṛpasattama .  
śayyopari śayānaṃ tu puruṣaṃ divyamūrdhajam .. 20.18 ..

> There in the middle I saw an excellent couch, O best of kings; / and lying upon the couch, a Person with divine hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.19)

vikuñcitāgrakeśāntaṃ samastaṃ yojanāyatam .  
mukuṭena vicitreṇa dīptikāntena śobhitam .. 20.19 ..

> the ends of his hair curled at the front, extending a whole yojana in length, / adorned with a splendid crown of brilliant radiance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.20)

śyāmaṃ kamalapatrābhaṃ suprabhaṃ ca sunāsikam .  
siṃhāsyamāyatabhujaṃ gallaśmaśruvarāṅkitam .. 20.20 ..

> dark-complexioned, resplendent as a lotus petal, with radiant luster and a handsome nose, / with a lion-like face, long arms, and marked with an excellent beard upon his cheeks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.21)

trivalībhaṅgasubhagaṃ karṇakuṇḍalabhūṣitam .  
viśālābhaṃ supīnāṅgaṃ pārśvasvāvartabhūṣitam .. 20.21 ..

> charming with the fold of three lines \[on his neck\], adorned with earrings, / of expansive splendor, with stout limbs, adorned with auspicious curls of hair on his flanks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.22)

śobhitaṃ kaṭibhāgena vibhaktaṃ jānujaṅghayoḥ .  
padmāṅkitatalaṃ devamātāmrasunakhāṅgulim .. 20.22 ..

> graceful in his waist, well-proportioned in his knees and shanks, / the god whose soles are marked with lotuses, with slightly red, beautiful nails and fingers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.23)

meghanādasugambhīraṃ sarvāvayavasundaram .  
śayyāmadhyagataṃ devamapaśyaṃ puruṣottamam .. 20.23 ..

> deep as the roar of a cloud, handsome in every limb; / I beheld that god, the Supreme Person, reposing in the middle of the couch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.24)

śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ śayānaṃ dakṣiṇena tu .  
akṣasūtrodyatakaraṃ sūryāyutasamaprabham .. 20.24 ..

> holding the conch, discus, and mace in his hands, reclining upon his right side, / with a hand raised holding a rosary, equal in radiance to ten thousand suns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.25)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktimāndevaṃ stotukāmo vyavasthitaḥ .  
jayeśa jaya vāgīśa jaya divyāṅgabhūṣaṇa .. 20.25 ..

> Seeing that god, full of devotion, I stood desiring to praise him: / "Victory, O Lord! Victory, O Lord of Speech! Victory, O you whose divine limbs are adorned!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.26)

jaya devapate śrīmansākṣādbrahma sanātana .  
tava lokāḥ śarīrasthāstvaṃ gatiḥ parameśvara .. 20.26 ..

> “Victory, O Lord of the gods, glorious one, eternal Brahman manifest! / The worlds abide within your body; you are the refuge, O supreme Lord!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.27)

tvadādhārā hi deveśa sarve lokā vyavasthitāḥ .  
tvaṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvasattvānāṃ tvaṃ kartā dharaṇīdharaḥ .. 20.27 ..

> Supported by you indeed, O Lord of the gods, all the worlds remain established. / You are the highest among all beings; you are the creator, the upholder of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.28)

tvaṃ hautramagnihotrāṇāṃ sūtramantrastvameva ca .  
gokarṇaṃ bhadrakarṇaṃ ca tvaṃ ca māheśvaraṃ padam .. 20.28 ..

> You are the hotṛ's duty of the fire-sacrifices, and you alone are the thread and the sacred mantra. / You are Gokarṇa, Bhadrakarṇa, and the supreme state of the Great Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.29)

tvaṃ kīrtiḥ sarvakīrtīnāṃ dainyapāpapraṇāśinī .  
tvaṃ naimiṣaṃ kurukṣetraṃ tvaṃ ca viṣṇupadaṃ param .. 20.29 ..

> You are the fame among all fames that destroys distress and sin. / You are Naimiṣa, Kurukṣetra, and the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.30)

tvayā tu līlayā deva padākrāntā ca medinī .  
tvayā baddho balirdeva tvayendrasya padaṃ kṛtam .. 20.30 ..

> By you indeed in mere play, O God, was the earth spanned by a step; / Bali was bound by you, O God, and Indra's station was established by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.31)

tvaṃ kalirdvāparaṃ deva tretā kṛtayugaṃ tathā .  
pralambadamanaśca tvaṃ sraṣṭā tvaṃ ca vināśakṛt .. 20.31 ..

> You are Kali, Dvāpara, O God, as well as Tretā and Kṛtayuga. / You are the subduer of Pralamba; you are the creator and the destroyer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.32)

tvayā vai dhāryate lokāstvaṃ kālaḥ sarvasaṃkṣayaḥ .  
tvayā hi deva sṛṣṭāstāḥ sarvā vai devayonayaḥ .. 20.32 ..

> By you indeed are the worlds upheld; you are Time, the destruction of all. / By you indeed, O God, all those divine wombs were created.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.33)

tvaṃ panthāḥ sarvalokānāṃ tvaṃ ca mokṣaḥ parā gatiḥ .  
brahmā tvadudbhavo devo rajorūpaḥ sanātanaḥ .  
rudraḥ krodhodbhavo'pyevaṃ tvaṃ ca sattve vyavasthitaḥ .. 20.33 ..

> You are the path for all worlds, and you are liberation, the highest refuge. / The eternal god Brahmā, consisting of the quality of passion, is born from you; / Rudra too is born from anger, while you are established in pure goodness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.34)

etaccarācaraṃ deva krīḍanārthaṃ tvayā kṛtam .  
evaṃ saṃtaptadehena stuto devo mayā prabhuḥ .. 20.34 ..

> All this moving and unmoving creation, O God, was made by you for your sport.” / Thus, with a body scorched \[by thirst\], the lordly God was praised by me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.35)

bhaktyā paramayā rājansarvabhūtapatiḥ prabhuḥ .  
stuvanvai tatra paśyāmi vāripūrṇāṃstato ghaṭān .. 20.35 ..

> with supreme devotion, O King, the sovereign Lord of all creatures. / As I was praising him, I saw jars full of water right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.36)

tato mayā vismṛtā yā tṛṣā sā vardhitā punaḥ .  
upāsarpaṃ tatastasya pārśvaṃ vai puruṣasya hi .. 20.36 ..

> Then my thirst, which had been forgotten, flared up again. / Thereupon I approached the side of that person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.37)

pānīyaṃ pātukāmena cintitaṃ ca mayā punaḥ .  
nāpaśyata hi māṃ caiṣa supto'pi na ca budhyate .. 20.37 ..

> desiring to drink the water; but again I thought: / “He does not see me, and though asleep, he does not awake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.38)

yastu pāpena saṃmūḍhaḥ sukhaṃ suptaṃ prabodhayet .  
jāyate tasya pāpasya brahmahatyāphalaṃ mahat .. 20.38 ..

> Whoever, deluded by sin, awakens one sleeping peacefully, / to him accrues the great guilt of slaying a brahmin.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.39)

evaṃ saṃcintyamāne tu dvitīyo hyāgataḥ pumān .  
nekṣate jalpate kiṃcidvāmaskandhe mṛgājinī .. 20.39 ..

> While I was thinking thus, a second man arrived; / he looked at nothing, said nothing, and wore an antelope skin over his left shoulder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.40)

jaṭī kamaṇḍaludharo daṇḍī mekhalayā vṛtaḥ .  
bhasmonmṛditasarvāṅgo mahātejāstrilocanaḥ .. 20.40 ..

> He had matted locks, bore a water-pot, carried a staff, was girt with a girdle, / had his whole body smeared with sacred ashes, possessed great splendor, and had three eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.41)

yāvattaṃ stotukāmo'hamapaśyaṃ svacchacakṣuṣā .  
tāvatsarvāṅgasambhūtyāmahatyā rūpasampadā .. 20.41 ..

> Just as, wishing to praise him, I looked with a clear gaze, / there, with great wealth of beauty springing from all her limbs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.42)

apaśyaṃ saṃvṛtāṃ nārīṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām .  
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patito bhūmau jayasveti bruvaṃstataḥ .. 20.42 ..

> I saw a woman covered \[in garments\] and adorned with all ornaments. / Seeing her, I fell to the ground, saying, “Hail!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.43)

jaya rudrāṅgasambhūte jayavāhini sanātani .  
jaya kaumāri māhendri vaiṣṇavī vāruṇī tathā .. 20.43 ..

> Hail, O you born of Rudra’s body! O eternal one bearing victory! / Hail, O Kaumārī, Māhendrī, Vaiṣṇavī, and Vāruṇī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.44)

jaya kauberi sāvitri jaya dhātri varānane .  
tṛṣṇayā taptadehasya rakṣāṃ kuru carācare .. 20.44 ..

> Hail, O Kauberī, Sāvitrī! Hail, O supporter, fair-faced one! / Protect me, whose body is tormented by thirst, O mother of the moving and unmoving world!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.45)

śrīdevyuvāca -  
prasannā vipraśārdūla tava vākyaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ .  
vartate mānase yatte mayā jñātaṃ dvijottama .. 20.45 ..

> The goddess said: / “I am pleased, O tiger among brahmins, with your very beautiful words. / What is in your mind is known to me, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.46)

śṛṇu vipra mamāpyasti vratametatsudāruṇam .  
strīlaghutvānmayārabdhaṃ duṣkaraṃ mandamedhayā .. 20.46 ..

> Listen, O brahmin: I too have a very severe vow, / which, through the fickleness of a woman and with slow intellect, was undertaken by me, hard to accomplish:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.47)

yadi bhāvī ca me putro dharmiṣṭho lokaviśrutaḥ .  
viprasya tu stanaṃ dattvā paścāddāsyāmi bālake .. 20.47 ..

> ‘If a son shall be born to me, most righteous and renowned in the worlds, / only after giving my breast to a brahmin shall I give it to the child.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.48)

sa me putraḥ samutpanno yathokto me mahāmune .  
stanaṃ piba tvaṃ viprendra yadi jīvitumicchasi .. 20.48 ..

> That son has been born to me, as was spoken, O great sage. / Drink from the breast, O leader among brahmins, if you wish to live!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.49)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
akāryametadviprāṇāṃ yastvimaṃ pibate stanam .  
punaścaivopanayanaṃ vratasiddhiṃ na gacchati .. 20.49 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / “This is an improper act for brahmins; whoever drinks this breast / must undergo the sacred thread ceremony again and does not attain the fruition of his vow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.50)

brāhmaṇatvaṃ tribhirlokairdurlabhaṃ padmalocane .  
saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛto vipro yaiśca jāyeta tacchṛṇu .. 20.50 ..

> Brahminhood is difficult to attain in the three worlds, O lotus-eyed one. / Hear about the sacraments through which a brahmin is consecrated:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.51)

prathamaṃ caiva nārīṣu saṃskārairbījavāpatam .  
bījaprakṣepaṇādeva bījakṣepaḥ sa ucyate .. 20.51 ..

> First is the sowing of seed in women with sacred rites; / because the seed is cast, it is called the casting of seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.52)

tadante ca mahābhāge garbhādhānaṃ dvitīyakam .  
puṃsavanaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sīmantaṃ ca caturthakam .. 20.52 ..

> After that, O fortunate lady, the rite of impregnation is the second; / the rite for procuring a male child is the third, and the parting of the hair is the fourth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.53)

pañcamaṃ jātakarma syānnāma vai ṣaṣṭhamucyate .  
niṣkrāmaḥ saptamaścaiva hyannaprāśanamaṣṭamam .. 20.53 ..

> the fifth is the birth-rite, the name-giving is called the sixth; / the seventh is the first outing, and the eighth is the feeding of solid food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.54)

navamaṃ vai cūḍakarma daśamaṃ mauñjibandhanam .  
aiṣikaṃ dārvikaṃ caiva saumikaṃ bhaumikaṃ tathā .. 20.54 ..

> the ninth is the tonsure ceremony, and the tenth is the tying of the muñja-grass girdle; / then rites with reed-stalks, wooden implements, Soma rituals, and earthly rites;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.55)

patnīsaṃyojanaṃ cānyaddaivakarma tataḥ param .  
mānuṣyaṃ pitṛkarma syāddaśamāṣṭāsu śobhane .. 20.55 ..

> and next, union with a wife, and then the rites for the gods; / the human rites, the ancestral rites, in the eighteenth, O fair one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.56)

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ tatheṣṭaṃ ca pārvaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param .. 20.56 ..

> the offerings to living beings, what is yet to come, the iṣṭi rites, and after that the seasonal sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.57)

śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇyāmāgrayaṇaṃ ca caitrāśvayujyāṃ daśapaurṇamāsyām .  
nirūḍhapaśusavanasautrāmaṇyagniṣṭomātyagniṣṭomāḥ .. 20.57 ..

> the ancestral rite on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa, the first-fruits sacrifice on the full-moon of Caitra and Āśvina, the animal sacrifice, the sautrāmaṇī, the agniṣṭoma, the atyagniṣṭoma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.58)

ṣoḍaṣīvājapeyātirātrāptoryāmodaśavājapeyāḥ .  
sarvabhūteṣu kṣāntiranasūyā śaucamaṅgalamakārpaṇyamaspṛheti .. 20.58 ..

> the ṣoḍaśī, the vājapeya, the atirātra, the aptoryāma, and the ten-day vājapeyas; / and forbearance toward all beings, absence of envy, purity, auspicious conduct, freedom from miserliness, and lack of craving:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.59)

ebhiraṣṭacatvāriṃśadbhiḥ saṃskāraiḥ saṃkṛto brāhmaṇo bhavati .. 20.59 ..

> consecrated by these forty-eight sacraments, one becomes a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.60)

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge na tu māṃ pātumarhasi .  
śiśupeyaṃ stanaṃ bhadre kathaṃ vai madvidhaḥ pibet .. 20.60 ..

> Knowing this, O fortunate lady, you should not make me drink. / How could one like me drink from a breast meant for an infant, O auspicious one?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.61)

mamaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā nārī vacanamabravīt .. 20.61 ..

> Hearing these words of mine, the woman spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.62)

yadi tvaṃ na pibeḥ stanyaṃ payo bālo mariṣyati .  
śrūyate triṣu lokeṣu vedeṣu ca smṛtiṣvapi .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo bhrūṇahatyā na muñcati .. 20.62 ..

> “If you do not drink the breast-milk, the child will die. / It is heard in the three worlds, in the Vedas, and in the traditional codes: / one is freed from all sins, but the killing of an embryo does not release \[one\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.63)

bhavitrī tava hatyā ca mahābhāgavataḥ punaḥ .  
janmāni ca śatānyaṣṭau kliśyate bhrūṇahatyayā .. 20.63 ..

> The murder of a great devotee will be upon you; / and for eight hundred lifetimes one suffers for the killing of an embryo.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.64)

mṛtaḥ śunatvaṃ cāpnoti varṣāṇāṃ tu śatatrayam .  
tatastasya kṣaye jāte kākayoniṃ vrajetpunaḥ .. 20.64 ..

> Having died, he attains the state of a dog for three hundred years; / then, when that is exhausted, he enters the womb of a crow;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.65)

tatrāpi ca śatānyaṣṭau kliśyate pāpakarmaṇi .  
varāho daśa janmāni tadante jāyate kṛmiḥ .. 20.65 ..

> there too he suffers for eight hundred \[years\] for his sinful deed; / for ten births he is a boar, and after that he is born as a worm;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.66)

tataścārohiṇīṃ prāpya gogajāśvanṛjanmabhāk .  
śrūyate śrutiśāstreṣu vedeṣu ca paraṃtapa .. 20.66 ..

> then, ascending the ladder of rebirths, he takes birth as a cow, an elephant, a horse, and a human. / This is heard in the revealed scriptures and in the Vedas, O scorcher of foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.67)

sarvapāpādhikaṃ pāpaṃ bālahatyā dvijottama .  
bālahatyāyuto vipraḥ pacyate narake dhruvam .. 20.67 ..

> Greater than all sins is the sin of killing a child, O best of the twice-born. / A brahmin burdened with the killing of a child is surely cooked in hell.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.68)

varṣāṇi ca śatānyaṣṭau prāpnoti yamayātanām .  
tasmādalpataro doṣaḥ pibato me stanaṃ tava .. 20.68 ..

> and endures the torment of Yama for eight hundred years. / Therefore, the fault is lighter for you who drink of my breast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.69)

tathaivāpibataḥ pāpaṃ jāyate bahuvarṣikam .  
kṣudhātṛṣāvirāmaste puṇyaṃ ca pibataḥ stanam .. 20.69 ..

> Likewise, for one who does not drink, sin lasting for many years arises. / For you, drinking from the breast brings an end to hunger and thirst, and brings merit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.70)

ato na cetaḥ saṃdigdhaṃ kartavyamiha karhicit .  
ehi vipra yathākāmaṃ bālārthe piba me stanam .. 20.70 ..

> Therefore, you should never make your mind doubtful here. / Come, brahmin, drink of my breast as you please for the child’s sake.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.71)

tato'haṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā stanaṃ pātuṃ samudyataḥ .  
na ca tṛptiṃ vijānāmi pibataḥ stanamuttamam .. 20.71 ..

> Then, having heard her words, I prepared to drink from her breast, / and drinking that supreme breast, I knew no satiety.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.72)

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi bhārataivaṃ śatāni ca .  
tataḥ prabuddhotsaṅge'haṃ māyānidrāvimohitaḥ .. 20.72 ..

> Thirty thousand and \[several\] hundred years \[passed\] thus, O Bhārata. / Then I woke upon her lap, bewildered by illusory sleep.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.73)

nidrāvigatamoho'haṃ yāvatpaśyāmi pāṇḍava .  
tāvatsuptaṃ na paśyāmi na ca taṃ bālakaṃ vibho .. 20.73 ..

> When my delusion had departed with the sleep, as I looked, O Pāṇḍava, / I did not see the sleeping one, nor that child, O mighty one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.74)

caturastāṃśca vai kumbhān paśyāmi tatra bhārata .  
na ca paśyāmi tāṃ devīṃ gatā vai kutracicca te .. 20.74 ..

> And I saw there those four pitchers, O Bhārata, / but I did not see that goddess; she had gone somewhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.75)

evaṃ vimṛśyamānasya cintayānasya tiṣṭhataḥ .  
īṣaddhasitayā vācā devī vacanamabravīt .. 20.75 ..

> As I stood there reflecting and pondering in this way, / the goddess spoke words in a gently smiling voice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.76)

śrīdevyuvāca -  
kṛṣṇaḥ sa puruṣaḥ supto dvitīyo'pyāgato haraḥ .  
ye catvāraśca te kumbhāḥ samudrāste dvijottama .. 20.76 ..

> The holy goddess said: / “That dark-complexioned person who slept was Hara, who has also departed. / Those four jars which were there are the oceans, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.77)

yaśca bālastvayā dṛṣṭo brāhmā lokapitāmahaḥ .  
ahaṃ ca pṛthivī jñeyā saptadvīpā sarvatā .. 20.77 ..

> And the child whom you saw was Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds. / And know me to be the earth, having seven continents on every side,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.78)

yā gatā tvāṃ parityajya bhūtale supratiṣṭhitā .  
imāṃ ca prekṣase vipra narmadāṃ saritāṃ varām .. 20.78 ..

> who departed leaving you, well established upon the earth's surface. / And you behold, O brahmin, this Narmadā, the best of rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.79)

sarvasattvopakārāya bṛhate puṇyalakṣaṇā .  
revānadī tu vikhyātā na mṛtā tena narmadā .. 20.79 ..

> endowed with holy characteristics, great, for the benefit of all living beings. / She is renowned as the river Revā; therefore Narmadā has not died.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.80)

evaṃ jñātvā śamaṃ gaccha svastho bhava mahāmune .  
ityuktvā māṃ tadā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 20.80 ..

> Knowing thus, attain peace; be at ease, O great sage.” / Having spoken thus to me, the goddess disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.81)

evaṃ hi śete bhagavānsattvasthaḥ pralaye sadā .  
sattvarūpo mahādevo yadādhāre jagatsthitam .. 20.81 ..

> Thus indeed the Lord always lies, abiding in sattva during the dissolution; / Mahādeva, the embodiment of sattva, upon whose support the universe rests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.82)

evaṃ mayānubhūtaṃ tu dṛṣṭamāścaryamuttamam .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ te narottama .. 20.82 ..

> Thus was this supreme marvel experienced and seen by me; / holy and destroying all sins, it has been recounted to you, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.83)

viṣṇoścaritamityuktaṃ yattvayā paripṛcchitam .  
bhūya eva mahābāho kimanyacchrotumicchasi .. 20.83 ..

> This deeds of Viṣṇu have been recounted, as inquired by you. / What else do you wish to hear again, O mighty-armed one?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.20.83\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.20.83_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe vārāhakalpavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the twentieth chapter, named 'Description of the Account of the Vārāha Kalpa', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Āvantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.20.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.20.1) — Sanskrit

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